Akikuni Hineno

Akikuni Hineno (2 June 1849-17 August 1931) was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Russo-Japanese War.

Biography
Akikuni Hineno was born in the Satsuma Domain of Kyushu, Japan, and he was from a military family. He served in the Satsuma Domain's army during the Boshin War, and he rose through the ranks of the Imperial Japanese Army during the years after the war's end. Hineno became a Major in 1883, a Colonel in 1892, and a Major-General in 1903, and Hineno took command of a corps of Japanese infantry troops. This corps fought against the Imperial Russian Army in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905, and he won a great victory at the Battle of Chuanghuh. Hineno commanded the Southern Japan Military District from 1909 to 1917, and he retired that year. Hineno died in Nagasaki in 1931.